The company will enter Romania via a partnership with a Polish advisory firm, market sources say.
Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco (California), Airbnb has had more than 60 million users so far and is used in 34,000 cities and 191 countries, according to its corporate website.
Airbnb’s decision to open a support center in Romaia is not surprising, considering Romanians’ language skills have turned Romania into an investment destination for the services outsourcing industry. The biggest employers in this industry include CGS, Telus, Oracle, Xerox, Amazon and Accenture, whose revenue has significantly increased over the past few years.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)